Honoring Our Own Philanthropy

• Charitable donations to American Indian Tribes and Native American Nonprofits have been less one percent (1%) of the total given to all nonprofits. Current estimates range from 1/6th to 1/20th of 1% of all grants made annually from foundations and corporate grantmakers nationwide. 
• One in four Native Americans live at or below the poverty level in the United States.
• Native American people represent at least 1.4% of U.S. population.
• Native Americans receive pennies to the dollars in comparison to all other groups from philanthropy annually.
• The Tribal Nations comprising "Indian Country" often give far more on a percentage or an actual basis to benefit their non-Native neighbor communities than they receive from mainstream charitable contributions for their programs.
• As an example, for every $1.00 that goes out from Indian Country to help Tribal neighbors often a penny or less is received to help Tribal people or their Tribal programs.

Tribal Philanthropy – Revenues, Assets & Resources Certification

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Giving & Receiving in Indian Country
This interview with IRS Office of Indian Tribal Governments professionals makes clear the direct ways you can contribute your charitable donations to include Native Americans.

Mdewakanton Fire Department Celebrates One Year of Ambulance Service for Patients on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Surrounding Areas, MN
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SMSC Supports Cheyenne River Elderly Village, MN
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, MN
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community 2004 Grantmaking nears $10 Million
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Featured Native American Foundation
The Hopi Foundation is a 2005 national finalist in the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World awards program. 

The Hopi Foundation
Mission: Help People Help Themselves
"The Hopi Foundation was founded in 1985 and incorporated under the State of Arizona as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization in 1987. Our basic mission is to Help People Help Themselves. The Hopi name, Lomasumi'nangwtukwsiwmani, signifies the process of furthering unity of aspiration blossoming into full maturity over time. We believe in attending to the community in which we live and in the skills of our people."*

Barbara Poley, Executive Director
Loris Taylor, Associate Director
PO Box 169
Hotevilla, Arizona 86030
928-734-2380 Phone
928-734-9520 Fax
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United South and Eastern Tribes' Scholarship Fund for Indian Students

Dr. Ricardo M. Millett

Missing Voices: A Personal Perspective on Diversity in Program Evaluation
I. Perspective My perspective on diversity and evaluation has been a long time in the making. It combines
personal and professional experiences that go back to early childhood; it is constantly sculpted
by the global events swirling around me. My personal point of view was forged by my heritage,
as a person of color, and my experiences as an immigrant to the United States. My education
and role as a professional evaluation practitioner with one of the world’s largest foundations—
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation –-added depth and detail to my professional views.
From my perspective, the consequences of missing voices in evaluation are significant—
inappropriate outcomes and a lack of authentic data. Remaining deaf to the voices of those we
wish to help causes evaluation to become a source of power for the few – usually the racial and
economic majority – and anathema to all others. We, program officers, evaluators, and funders,
have a responsibility to seek effective solutions to social issues from as broad a perspective as
is humanly possible. We can commit to using evaluation methodologies that embrace diversity
and to holding each other and ourselves accountable for cultural competence. From my own
experiences I have learned the harmful effects of disregarding minority views, program
participants and marginalized people.

II. Experiences
Sometimes we inadvertently hurt the people we mean to help. I know firsthand that members of
minority groups are often left out of the mainstream. As a result, traditional program evaluation
methodology can deny or ignore the voices of the very people who are participating in or being
impacted by our social programs. When outsiders evaluate program outcomes without asking
for input from participants, they can interpret participants’ experiences inaccurately. The results
of those evaluations can be further marginalization...download the rest of Dr. Millet's article